Where to Stay and Fish in the South Island

Credit: Owen River Lodge

Check out these beautiful South Island fishing lodges, all offering world-class fishing for brown trout within an easy drive of the front door.

Fishing lodges in the South Island vary between large classic luxury lodges, rustic country retreats with understated elegance and sturdy stone hideaways completely at one with their surroundings.

What they all have in common is their proximity to some of the world’s best fly-fishing in some of it’s most beautiful landscapes. The Top of the South(Nelson and Murchison), the West Coast, inland Canterbury, Otago and Southland are the main fishing areas of this large and beautiful island.